Felon and aspiring rapper gets 15 years for gun in Deerfield video

A Chicago rapper who filmed himself in a music video with a gun at a Deerfield hotel was sentenced recently to 15 years in prison.

The aspiring rapper, Ricardo Burgos, 31, possessed the gun in January 2016 and he can be seen in the video holding two firearms while rapping about selling drugs, committing acts of violence and disrespecting law enforcement, according to a release by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

He performs under the name Nation, and he had been previously arrested and convicted of multiple felonies and he was not legally allowed to possess a firearm, according to the FBI statement.

Burgos pleaded guilty to one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of distribution of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week by U.S. District Judge Ronald A. Guzman. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordan M. Matthews prosecuted the case, according to the FBI.

Arrest and booking photos are provided by law enforcement officials. Arrest does not imply guilt, and criminal charges are merely accusations. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.

Burgos admitted in the plea declaration that he possessed a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol while filming the video in a hotel room in Deerfield. Then Burgos brought the gun to the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. He was arrested there by Chicago police , according to the FBI.

Investigators learned the .45 caliber handgun was used in a shooting in Chicago two days before the music video was filmed. The gun had been stolen from a store in Indiana, according to the FBI.

The FBI said the drug charge arose from multiple illegal narcotic sales by Burgos in 2015 when he sold 4 grams of crack cocaine and 1.4 grams of heroin to several individuals, all of whom were undercover police officers.